CHANDIGARH: Blowing hot and cold over the probable fee hike in the coming academic session (2019-20), the authorities at Panjab University have been oscillating between extremes since March to have finally inched towards the golden mean now.

Haryana is infamous for its skewed gender ratio and preference for son but a social organisation in Yamunanagar, Only Daughters’ Parents Association, has been working to encourage people to treat their daughters like their sons.

It grew louder with each passing moment. It had started as a whisper, a soft uncertain voice. Now, it was a continuous chant, reverberating in my head, heard loud and clear over the din of the shlokas. “It’s a scam....it’s a huge scam,” it echoed.

The Tilyar tourist complex located on the outskirts of Rohtak town comprises a vast lake with boating facility, a walking track around the lake amidst shady trees and other vegetation, lush green lawns, a mini-zoo, a motel comprising a bar, a restaurant and rooms offering a comfortable stay to the visitors and a light and sound show in the evening.

The prime Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Indian Oil refinery, Panipat, to deposit Rs 17.31 crore as compensation for causing air and water pollution in its surrounding Singhpura-Sithana, Bohli and Dadlana villages.

An acute shortage of regular staff is affecting the working of the Haryana Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) at Madhuban in Karnal district and two of its Regional Forensic Science Laboratories (RFSLs) at Bhondsi (Gurugram), and Sunaria (Rohtak).

Chandrarekha Dhadwal was born at Dharamsala, served there and retired from Government College, Dharamsala, as the head of Hindi department. Her pen is active and erudite. Her writings show that she is a feminist.

Nicholas Roerich Art Gallery at Naggar in Kullu district provides many artists an opportunity to exhibit their paintings. The International Roerich Memorial Trust (IRMT) at Naggar allows artists to exhibit their work as it is the managing authority of Roerich Art Gallery, which is making efforts to preserve this heritage.

The Himachal Pradesh High Court in the recent order, while disposing of the PIL against illegal constructions in the core area of McLeodganj, has directed the authorities to implement the new development plan strictly.

This summer, the residents of Shimla have been promised that there will be no water shortage. The management of water system has been transferred to the recently created Shimla Jal Prabandhan Nigam Limited. The supply of water is expected to be around 50 mld, which is significantly higher than before.

Unprecedented weather fluctuations have become a cause for concern for the fruit growers of Himachal, where the apple economy alone is pegged at Rs 4,500 crore, as they comprise nearly 49 per cent of the fruit production in the state.

Marred by erratic weather and climate change, Himachal’s Rs 4,500-crore apple economy is in doldrums. Fresh duty-free imported apple coming from the US, China, Australia and New Zealand under free trade treaty is likely to be wrapped up by the end of this year by India and apple farmers fear that it will prove the proverbial last nail in the coffin of sagging apple industry.

Despite the government making tall claims about the Fire Department being well-equipped in saving heritage buildings and other properties in Shimla, periodic fire incidents continue to be reported in the erstwhile summer capital of British India, also known as the Queen of the Hills.

Unlike visible Modi wave in 2014, a ‘Silent Modi Andhi’ hit the entire country barring a few states, which was constantly negated and rejected by the media, analysts, scholars, intellectuals, politicians of all parties except the BJP and its allies.